By Betty Glynn
LaSalle,IL – In the fifth regular night of racing at LaSalle Speedway, Elmhurst’s Jim Partipilo led the Midwestern Late Model field from the pole to a flag-to-flag victory Saturday night.
The veteran racer hit the high banked clay oval hard to earn a fast time of 13.153 during time trials. His efforts not only earned him the quickest qualifier of the night but also a place in the record books as the divisional track record holder.
With the passing points collected by preliminary events, Partipilo had earned his pole sitter position next to LaSalle’s Mike Glynn. Behind the duo was Ed Williams Sr. and Ladd’s Danny Bardell. Third row posted Maple Park’s Ralph Markham and Tonica’s Eric Dauber on the outside.
Once the flag man signaled green, it was Partipilo out fast as Glynn shot up to his door. By the third lap, Partipilo, Glynn and Williams were putting on a show as all three sailed nose to tail sliding through the turn two corner as Markham and Bardell battled for fourth. A lap later their pace was slowed when a caution was flown.
Once back to green action, Glynn looked like he had a push and began to drop back. Three laps later another yellow restarted the field single file. Just after the competition powered up, Markham took his ride to the bottom while Glynn chose a higher line. Markham easily moved past Glynn to chase Partipilo.
Partipilo had no problem leaving his challengers in the dust but his son Joe halted his momentum for his third caution on Lap 16. This time Markham had a birds eye view of the leaders tail and seemed to be the only car who might be able to give him a run for his money.
Williams had already fallen back into the pack while Dave Smith, of Virgil, was up and coming from an eleventh place start. With four remaining laps, Partipilo, Markham, Glynn, and Smith were all separated with too much track between each of the four lead cars. The real action was for a fifth place finish as Jim Loomis and Bardell were in a hard fought war.
Partipilo finished with the checkers ahead of Markham, Glynn, Smith, Loomis, Bardell, Scott Schmitt of Tonica, Dauber, Eric Rebholz and Aaron Schmidt. Darin Furar, in a borrowed machine, finished eleventh over Keith Piano.
Williams crossed the line first in Heat one with Partipilo, Markham and Loomis trailing. Dauber held off Bardell to score the second Heat with Glynn and Joe Partipilo following.
Morris driver Vince Cooper has taken the new Modified class at LaSalle by storm. The young racer is now four for five with feature wins and has generated a huge points lead.
Cooper was already where he wanted to be before even the first lap was traveled. As the pole sitter he was able to set the pace which he wasted little time doing. On the outside of him was Derek Line with Brian Bushong and Ray Bollinger filling row two.
Cooper was out of sight by the fourth lap out when Bushong and Bollinger started to give the fans wheel to wheel action for second. The two remained side by side for at least nine of the twenty laps.
During Lap15, Cooper was busy taking cars a lap down when contact with Ron Morris could have changed the outcome but lucky for Cooper he managed to hang on tight and continued lapping traffic.
At the finish Cooper had worked his way around the competition and was behind the fifth place car.
While Cooper returned to victory lane Bushong finished a strong second in front of Bollinger, Line, Bill Theodorf, Jim Phelps, Matt Cleary, Morris, Leah Monfries, Mark Novordsky, Dale Lueth, and Ken Fischer.
Ed Williams Jr. earned his third Street Stock win for the 2006 season. The driver who hails out of Streamwood took home the two events he raced in making it a clean sweep.
Williams led Leon Cade, Robert Schlappi, Eric Whittington and Matt Ramer for most of the feature. A caution with only one lap remaining brought everyone back nose to tail.
Once green it was Williams, over Cade, Whittington, Schlappi and Ramer were all racing hard. Still with one lap to go, something happened between Ramer and Whittington leaving Whittington in a spin and stopped in turn four. No yellow was granted and Whittington went from a strong third to a thirteenth place pay.
The finishing order was Williams, Cade, Schlappi, Ramer, John Peterson, Jake Cholke, Gary Schmidt, Joe Jelinek, Nick Sell, Don Exline, Rick Koltveit, Jimmy Partipilo, and Whittington.
Tony Provenzano Jr. and Alex Clubb put action in the Hornet race as the two duked it out side by side during their feature race.
Provenzano took the lead solo during lap seven when a lapped car found himself in between the leaders.
At the checkers, Provenzano had ended Clubb’s winning streak taking the victory. Clubb was second over Timmy Faust, Chris Zavada, Jon Clubb, Gabe Concor, Jon Small and Jamie Deford.
LaSalle Speedway Results
Midwestern Late Model: 20 Cars
Qualifying: Jim Partipilo 13.143
Heat One: Ed Williams Sr., Jim Partipilo, Ralph Markham, Jim Loomis
Heat Two: Eric Dauber, Danny Bardell, Mike Glynn, Joe Partipilo
Feature: Jim Paritpilo, Ralph Markham, Mike Glynn, Dave Smith, Jim Loomis, Danny Bardell, Scott Schmitt, Eric Dauber, Eric Rebholz, Aaron Schmidt, Darin Furar, Keith Piano, Rob Piper, Dave Miller, Ed Williams Sr., Jack Benson, Joe Partipilo, Robert Voice
Modifieds: 12 Cars
Qualifying: Vince Cooper 13.986
Heat One: Brian Bushong, Vince Cooper, Derek Line
Feature: Vince Cooper, Brian Bushong, Ray Bollinger, Derek Line, Bill Theodor, Jim Phelps, Matt Cleary, Ron Morris, Leah Monfries, Mark Novordsky, Dale Lueth, Ken Fischer
Street Stock: 20 Cars
Heat One: Ed Williams Jr., Matt Ramer, Eric Whittington, Mike Hughes
Heat Two: Leon Cade, Nick Sell, Robert Schlappi, John Peterson
Feature: Ed Williams Jr., Leon Cade, Robert Schlappi, Matt Ramer, John Peterson, Jake Cholke, Gary Schmitt, Joe Jelinek, Nick Sell, Don Exline, Rick Koltveit, Jimmy Partipilo, Eric Whittington, Donnie Cole, Mike Hughes, Steve Lewis, Jay Mesarchik, Scott Schoener, Jeff Small, Timmy Loomis
Four Cylinder Hornets: 11 Cars
Heat One: Alex Clubb, Tony Provenzano, Timmy Faust, John Clubb
Feature: Tony Provenzano, Alex Clubb, Timmy Faust, Chris Zavada, John Clubb, Gabe Concor, Jon Small, Jamie Deford, Jon Wagner, Dan Leonard, Asa Robart
LaSalle,IL – In the fifth regular night of racing at LaSalle Speedway, Elmhurst’s Jim Partipilo led the Midwestern Late Model field from the pole to a flag-to-flag victory Saturday night.
The veteran racer hit the high banked clay oval hard to earn a fast time of 13.153 during time trials. His efforts not only earned him the quickest qualifier of the night but also a place in the record books as the divisional track record holder.
With the passing points collected by preliminary events, Partipilo had earned his pole sitter position next to LaSalle’s Mike Glynn. Behind the duo was Ed Williams Sr. and Ladd’s Danny Bardell. Third row posted Maple Park’s Ralph Markham and Tonica’s Eric Dauber on the outside.
Once the flag man signaled green, it was Partipilo out fast as Glynn shot up to his door. By the third lap, Partipilo, Glynn and Williams were putting on a show as all three sailed nose to tail sliding through the turn two corner as Markham and Bardell battled for fourth. A lap later their pace was slowed when a caution was flown.
Once back to green action, Glynn looked like he had a push and began to drop back. Three laps later another yellow restarted the field single file. Just after the competition powered up, Markham took his ride to the bottom while Glynn chose a higher line. Markham easily moved past Glynn to chase Partipilo.
Partipilo had no problem leaving his challengers in the dust but his son Joe halted his momentum for his third caution on Lap 16. This time Markham had a birds eye view of the leaders tail and seemed to be the only car who might be able to give him a run for his money.
Williams had already fallen back into the pack while Dave Smith, of Virgil, was up and coming from an eleventh place start. With four remaining laps, Partipilo, Markham, Glynn, and Smith were all separated with too much track between each of the four lead cars. The real action was for a fifth place finish as Jim Loomis and Bardell were in a hard fought war.
Partipilo finished with the checkers ahead of Markham, Glynn, Smith, Loomis, Bardell, Scott Schmitt of Tonica, Dauber, Eric Rebholz and Aaron Schmidt. Darin Furar, in a borrowed machine, finished eleventh over Keith Piano.
Williams crossed the line first in Heat one with Partipilo, Markham and Loomis trailing. Dauber held off Bardell to score the second Heat with Glynn and Joe Partipilo following.
Morris driver Vince Cooper has taken the new Modified class at LaSalle by storm. The young racer is now four for five with feature wins and has generated a huge points lead.
Cooper was already where he wanted to be before even the first lap was traveled. As the pole sitter he was able to set the pace which he wasted little time doing. On the outside of him was Derek Line with Brian Bushong and Ray Bollinger filling row two.
Cooper was out of sight by the fourth lap out when Bushong and Bollinger started to give the fans wheel to wheel action for second. The two remained side by side for at least nine of the twenty laps.
During Lap15, Cooper was busy taking cars a lap down when contact with Ron Morris could have changed the outcome but lucky for Cooper he managed to hang on tight and continued lapping traffic.
At the finish Cooper had worked his way around the competition and was behind the fifth place car.
While Cooper returned to victory lane Bushong finished a strong second in front of Bollinger, Line, Bill Theodorf, Jim Phelps, Matt Cleary, Morris, Leah Monfries, Mark Novordsky, Dale Lueth, and Ken Fischer.
Ed Williams Jr. earned his third Street Stock win for the 2006 season. The driver who hails out of Streamwood took home the two events he raced in making it a clean sweep.
Williams led Leon Cade, Robert Schlappi, Eric Whittington and Matt Ramer for most of the feature. A caution with only one lap remaining brought everyone back nose to tail.
Once green it was Williams, over Cade, Whittington, Schlappi and Ramer were all racing hard. Still with one lap to go, something happened between Ramer and Whittington leaving Whittington in a spin and stopped in turn four. No yellow was granted and Whittington went from a strong third to a thirteenth place pay.
The finishing order was Williams, Cade, Schlappi, Ramer, John Peterson, Jake Cholke, Gary Schmidt, Joe Jelinek, Nick Sell, Don Exline, Rick Koltveit, Jimmy Partipilo, and Whittington.
Tony Provenzano Jr. and Alex Clubb put action in the Hornet race as the two duked it out side by side during their feature race.
Provenzano took the lead solo during lap seven when a lapped car found himself in between the leaders.
At the checkers, Provenzano had ended Clubb’s winning streak taking the victory. Clubb was second over Timmy Faust, Chris Zavada, Jon Clubb, Gabe Concor, Jon Small and Jamie Deford.
LaSalle Speedway Results
Midwestern Late Model: 20 Cars
Qualifying: Jim Partipilo 13.143
Heat One: Ed Williams Sr., Jim Partipilo, Ralph Markham, Jim Loomis
Heat Two: Eric Dauber, Danny Bardell, Mike Glynn, Joe Partipilo
Feature: Jim Paritpilo, Ralph Markham, Mike Glynn, Dave Smith, Jim Loomis, Danny Bardell, Scott Schmitt, Eric Dauber, Eric Rebholz, Aaron Schmidt, Darin Furar, Keith Piano, Rob Piper, Dave Miller, Ed Williams Sr., Jack Benson, Joe Partipilo, Robert Voice
Modifieds: 12 Cars
Qualifying: Vince Cooper 13.986
Heat One: Brian Bushong, Vince Cooper, Derek Line
Feature: Vince Cooper, Brian Bushong, Ray Bollinger, Derek Line, Bill Theodor, Jim Phelps, Matt Cleary, Ron Morris, Leah Monfries, Mark Novordsky, Dale Lueth, Ken Fischer
Street Stock: 20 Cars
Heat One: Ed Williams Jr., Matt Ramer, Eric Whittington, Mike Hughes
Heat Two: Leon Cade, Nick Sell, Robert Schlappi, John Peterson
Feature: Ed Williams Jr., Leon Cade, Robert Schlappi, Matt Ramer, John Peterson, Jake Cholke, Gary Schmitt, Joe Jelinek, Nick Sell, Don Exline, Rick Koltveit, Jimmy Partipilo, Eric Whittington, Donnie Cole, Mike Hughes, Steve Lewis, Jay Mesarchik, Scott Schoener, Jeff Small, Timmy Loomis
Four Cylinder Hornets: 11 Cars
Heat One: Alex Clubb, Tony Provenzano, Timmy Faust, John Clubb
Feature: Tony Provenzano, Alex Clubb, Timmy Faust, Chris Zavada, John Clubb, Gabe Concor, Jon Small, Jamie Deford, Jon Wagner, Dan Leonard, Asa Robart
